1967: Born on planet earth as not picture perfect material.
1977: Removed the washing machine and dryer from my parents washing room into the garage when they went away for a few hours and turned it into my OWN personal dark room.
1988: Started a career as a cameraman.
2006: Burned out.
2007: Restarted my first exhibition at the local cultural centre of my home town.
2008: Exposition at the local home town famous Belgian festival “ Lokerese feesten “ and suddenly the music of bands like “ massive attack ” and “ Felix the housecat “ was not the only thing people talked about.
2012: Serveral art fairs and exhibitions in Antwerp and i fell in love with the town, the scenery, the people and photography became the love of my life
2013: Went international, not commercial.
1967: Born on planet earth as not picture perfect material.
1977: Removed the washing machine and dryer from my parents washing room into the garage when they went away for a few hours and turned it into my OWN personal dark room.
1988: Started a career as a cameraman.
2006: Burned out.
2007: Restarted my first exhibition at the local cultural centre of my home town.
2008: Exposition at the local home town famous Belgian festival “ Lokerese feesten “ and suddenly the music of bands like “ massive attack ” and “ Felix the housecat “ was not the only thing people talked about.
2012: Serveral art fairs and exhibitions in Antwerp and i fell in love with the town, the scenery, the people and photography became the love of my life
2013: Went international, not commercial.
1967: Born on planet earth as not picture perfect material.
1977: Removed the washing machine and dryer from my parents washing room into the garage when they went away for a few hours and turned it into my OWN personal dark room.
1988: Started a career as a cameraman.
2006: Burned out.
2007: Restarted my first exhibition at the local cultural centre of my home town.
2008: Exposition at the local home town famous Belgian festival “ Lokerese feesten “ and suddenly the music of bands like “ massive attack ” and “ Felix the housecat “ was not the only thing people talked about.
2012: Serveral art fairs and exhibitions in Antwerp and i fell in love with the town, the scenery, the people and photography became the love of my life
2013: Went international, not commercial.
1967: Born on planet earth as not picture perfect material.
1977: Removed the washing machine and dryer from my parents washing room into the garage when they went away for a few hours and turned it into my OWN personal dark room.
1988: Started a career as a cameraman.
2006: Burned out.
2007: Restarted my first exhibition at the local cultural centre of my home town.
2008: Exposition at the local home town famous Belgian festival “ Lokerese feesten “ and suddenly the music of bands like “ massive attack ” and “ Felix the housecat “ was not the only thing people talked about.
2012: Serveral art fairs and exhibitions in Antwerp and i fell in love with the town, the scenery, the people and photography became the love of my life
2013: Went international, not commercial.
1967: Born on planet earth as not picture perfect material.
1977: Removed the washing machine and dryer from my parents washing room into the garage when they went away for a few hours and turned it into my OWN personal dark room.
1988: Started a career as a cameraman.
2006: Burned out.
2007: Restarted my first exhibition at the local cultural centre of my home town.
2008: Exposition at the local home town famous Belgian festival “ Lokerese feesten “ and suddenly the music of bands like “ massive attack ” and “ Felix the housecat “ was not the only thing people talked about.
2012: Serveral art fairs and exhibitions in Antwerp and i fell in love with the town, the scenery, the people and photography became the love of my life
2013: Went international, not commercial.
Accessible as from 01/04/2021
Accessible as from 01/04/2021
The electronic and printed version of the exhibition catalogues of Julio César Osorio
will be available at least one week before the start of the exhibition.
Photographer Hartmut De Maertelaere (° Kalken March 3, 1967) grew up in an artistic family. Father was a sculptor and mother a violin maker. Since childhood, he has been in direct contact with art, literature and music. "My heart was filled every day by the joy and passion for music and art in all its forms"
Hartmut De Maertelaere observes people and the world with velvet accuracy. For many years he has had a passionate relationship with Italy, Sicily in particular. The sincerity and warmth of Sicilians delight him. The more south the fiercer and more numerous the love messages appear in the streets. He once photographed his very first "Ti Amo" in Rome. Since then, a whole collection of these declarations of love, and especially of the promises of eternal love, has been created.
"Clair-Obscur" was created by accident earlier. .. looking to take a picture of a ballerina, but this picture had to remain a bit dark, not immediately reveal everything. .. and at a certain moment the impetus for this series was born. Together with Frank De Vos, this concept was worked out in detail and it turns out to be successful afterwards. The delicate lighting, sometimes reduced to a detail, demands the attention of the viewer.